The New England Patriots will play the Houston Texans with their best offense of the past few weeks. Tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Scott Chandler will play, as will wide receiver Danny Amendola. Safety Patrick Chung is also active.
The Patriots have named the following players as inactive:
OL Josh Kline
WR Julian Edelman
LB Dont'a Hightower
DE Geneo Grissom
DT Sealver Siliga
S Tavon Wilson
WR Damaris Johnson
Kline, Edelman, and Hightower were expected to be out. Grissom has been benched for missing a major assignment on the Eagles blocked punt last week. Siliga and Wilson are weekly inactives when the Patriots expect to focus more three-receiver packages, while the health of Amendola made Johnson expendable.
Rookie cornerback Justin Coleman and newly signed cornerback Leonard Johnson are both active.
The Texans have named the following inactives:
OL Oday Aboushi
TE Garrett Graham
S Rahim Moore
CB Darryl Morris
DE Jeoffrey Pagan
LB Justin Tuggle
QB Brandon Weeden
Defensive lineman J.J. Watt will play through his broken hand injury.